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  • Challenging the Myths of US History

    Seven Short Essays on the Past and Present

    by Marc Egnal ...
    Beyond a takedown of the traditional narrative of US history, this sharp and accessible book teaches readers how to read history with a critical eye.According to textbooks, the media, and politicians of all stripes, the story of the United States is one of steady progress toward a "more perfect union." In this narrative, ideals of liberty and freedom explain the Revolution and the Civil War and ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Clash of Extremes

    The Economic Origins of the Civil War

    by Marc Egnal ...
    This provocative Civil War history offers "perceptive, fine-grained analysis" to show that the conflict was rooted in economics—not moral principles ( Publishers Weekly ).Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, historian Marc Egnal demonstrates that between 1820 and 1850, patterns of trade and production drew the North and South together and allowed sectional leaders to broker a ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Murder of a Slumlord

    by Marc Egnal ...
    Edmund Herlihy, a notorious slumlord, was shot dead in front of one of his houses in North Philadelphia. The obvious suspect? A disgruntled tenant. Police detective Darryn Clark soon realizes that the answer is not so simple, as he plunges into a tangled web of deceit and corruption. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Mirror for History

    How Novels and Art Reflect the Evolution of Middle-Class America

    by Marc Egnal ...
    In A Mirror for History, author Marc Egnal uses novels and art to provide a new understanding of American society. The book argues that the arc of middle-class culture reflects the evolution of the American economy from the near-subsistence agriculture of the 1750s to the extraordinarily unequal society of the twenty-first century. Fiction offers a rich source for this analysis. By delving deep ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Cat Weekly #160

    by Ron Miller, Marc Egnal, Anna Tambour, Donald M. Munro, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Hal Charles, Janet Fox, Lester del Rey, NelsonS. Bond, Fred E. Wynne ...
    Series Book 160 - Black Cat Weekly
    MYSTERIES / SUSPENSE / ADVENTURE“Promised Land” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins [Michael Bracken Presents short story]Security specialist Erie Hollar uncovers a sinister conspiracy on the moon’s Shackleton City. After discovering a body and surviving a brutal attack, Erie races against time to unravel the truth, dodging dangerous enemies and bureaucratic traps in a tense, moonlit sci-fi mystery.“The Great ... Read more

    $4.07 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A New Origin Story

    by Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine ...
    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER • A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.“[A] groundbreaking compendium . . . bracing and urgent . . . This collection is an extraordinary update to an ongoing project of vital truth-telling.”—Esquire**NOW AN EMMY ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Reconstruction Updated Edition

    America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18

    by Eric Foner ...
    From the "preeminent historian of Reconstruction" (New York Times Book Review), the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period that shaped modern America.Eric Foner's "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" (New Republic) redefined how the post-Civil War period was viewed.Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans—black and white ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Jacket Man

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    From the New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of Far From True, a short story where the grifter is not who he seems.Sam seems like an ordinary guy. While he is filling up his car with gas in Stamford, Connecticut, a car whips into the station lot, stops alongside, and asks him for directions to LaGuardia Airport. Gian claims that he is from Milano, but Sam can spot an imitation ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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  • White Rage

    The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

    by Carol Anderson ...
    National Book Critics Circle Award WinnerNew York TimesBestsellerUSA Today BestsellerA New York TimesNotable Book of the YearA Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the YearA Boston Globe Best Book of 2016A Chicago Review of Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2016From the Civil W... ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Black Reconstruction in America (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois)

    An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880

    by W. E. B. Du Bois ...
    W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, ... Read more

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  • A Short Guide to a Happy Life

    by Anna Quindlen ...
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen’s classic reflection on a meaningful life makes a perfect gift for any occasion.“Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of John Wyndham (Illustrated)

    by John Wyndham, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 6 - Delphi Series Fourteen
    The sci-fi writer John Wyndham produced innovative works examining the human struggle for survival when catastrophic natural phenomena suddenly invade a comfortable English setting. The 1951 post-apocalyptic masterpiece ‘The Day of the Triffids’, depicting lethal mobile plants that menace the human race, quickly established Wyndham as a prominent figure of science-fiction literature. He was also a ... Read more

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